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Green Army Prepares to Battle Louisiana Legislators To Protect Water From Oil Industry Threats
The Green Army, a group representing environmental and social justice organizations, met on the steps of the state capitol for a rally preceding the start of Louisiana's legislative session …
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Did Texas Really Experience an Economic Miracle?
What about the more general miracle of free-market capitalism? It exists only in the eyes of the beholder.
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Honduras: Indigenous Tolupanes Return to Their Territory With IACHR Orders of Protection
Numerous indigenous activists in Honduras have been killed with impunity by gunmen evidently in the pay of large landowners, and in a number of cases there has been evidence …
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Developed Nations Give Up on Stopping Climate Change, Turn to Mitigating Impact, Largely Abandoning Third World
Inu00a0"Windfall," McKenzie Funk writes about those who would make money off of climate change, acknowledging the droll ironies of a society that can profit from its own self-destruction.
How the GOP Ambushed the VW Union Election
Congressional Republicans and anti-union organizations have adopted the term “ambush elections” to describe new NLRB rules on union certification, but the real ambush of recent weeks was the GOP …
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Pentagon Calls Climate Change Impacts “Threat Multipliers,” Could Enable Terrorism
The U.S. Department of Defense released a report declaring the threat of climate change impacts a very serious national security vulnerability that could enable further terrorist activity.
Neoliberalism, “Just Desserts” and the Post-Climate Crisis Economy
There's absolutely nothing to lose by taking the high ground.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Environmental Protection Agency Has Some New Standards for Vehicle Emissions, and More
The Environmental Protection Agency has some new standards for vehicle emissions, and they could save some serious cash.
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It’s Time for Maryland’s Factory Farms to Pay Their Fair Share
When you have 305 million chickens on the Eastern Shore, that's a lot of poultry waste polluting the Chesapeake Bay.
How Obama Became a Publicist for His Presidency (Rather Than the President)
For some time now, observers have been saying that Barack Obama seems more like a king than a president.